DATE: Friday, November 28, 1997             TAG: 9711280102

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HAMPTON ROADS [BRIEFS]

PORTSMOUTH

Prepaid tuition plan

for Virginia colleges

to be meeting's topic

The Virginia Prepaid Education Program, which permits parents to prepay tuition at state colleges and universities for their children, will be explained by a representative of the trust fund at a public meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Woodrow Wilson High School Little Theater.

The program is open to all children who have yet to enter the 10th grade. Parents, grandparents and others can prepay tuition and mandatory fees at any state school or combination of schools. The plan offers a variety of payment options and tax advantages.

Deadline for enrollment this year is Dec. 15. For more information, call 1-888-567-0540.

Business people invited to

see Portsmouth's downtown

The Olde Towne Business Association will use its holiday party as a time to show off Portsmouth's downtown area to business people from around Hampton Roads.

``The Second Annual Holiday Reception for Business Opportunities in Olde Towne'' will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Dec. 11. The party will be held in empty retail space on the new High Street ferry inlet at Admiral's Landing.

Last year, the party attracted potential new business owners to the 600 block of High Street, where the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority had buildings for sale.

``This is a good time for anyone thinking of relocating or starting a new business to meet these people and to take a fresh look at what is happening in Olde Towne,'' said Bill Schlaht, chairman of the event.

For details, call 398-0990.

Virginia Beach

Distribution sites for

food stamps will change

Effective Monday, the City Treasurer's Office will no longer issue food stamp coupons. The Virginia Beach Department of Social Services will issue the coupons.

Issuance sites will be in four supermarkets in the city in the same general areas as the branches of the Treasurer's Office. Pick-up times also have changed to make the hours more convenient.

Old site: Social Services; New site: Rack and Sack Grocery at Collins Square Shopping Center, 4001 Virginia Beach Blvd.

Old site: Haygood; New site: Farmer Jack Grocery Store, 649 Newtown Road.

Old site: Kempsville; New site: Farmer Jack Grocery Store, 5242 Fairfield Shopping Center.

Old site: 19th Street; New site: Be-Lo Grocery Store, 1021 Virginia Beach Blvd.

Old site: Municipal Center; New site: Farmer Jack Grocery Store, 5242 Fairfield Shopping Center.

NORFOLK

Local illustrator's sketch

chosen for art exhibition

Wesley L. Page's sketch of the new U.S. Coast Guard Station at Chincoteague is one of 50 architectural renderings on tour as part of the exhibition ``Architecture in Perspective 12.''

This is the second year in a row that Page, a principal and architectural illustrator with Hanbury Evans Newill Vlattas & Co., has had work in the exhibition. More than 500 renderings from around the world were entered in the competition.

The yearlong show began in Memphis on Oct. 24. It will travel to Washington, San Francisco and Chicago.

ALSO. . .

Chesapeake - The Human Services and Parks and Recreation Department launched their annual ``Stocking of Care'' program Wednesday to benefit children in foster care. To help, residents may choose a stocking hanging from a Christmas tree at City Hall and purchase a gift for the child represented by the stocking. For more details, call 382-6411. MEMO: Staff writer Ida Kay Jordan contributed to this report.

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